The Western Mediterranean Sea

Canals, Miquel; Cacho, Isabel; Carozza, Laurent; Casamor, J. L.; Lastras, Galderic; Sánchez-Vidal, Anna

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“…Similar comments apply to other coastlines, particularly in south-east Spain and Gibraltar. The presence of numerous occupied caves and rockshelters in these regions of karst geology raises the prospect of discovering submerged cliff lines with caves where terrestrial deposits may have been protected from the destructive effects of sea-level rise (see also Canals et al 2017).…”

Section: Conditions Of Preservation and Discoverymentioning

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Spain: Underwater Exploration on a Narrow Continental Shelf

Arias

2020

The Archaeology of Europe’s Drowned Landscapes

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In spite of Spain's long coastline (nearly 8000 km) and its well-established tradition in underwater archaeology, the prehistoric settlement of the continental shelf is practically unknown with very few finds. Underwater research has focused on naval archaeology and, until very recently, no attempt had been made to look for prehistoric underwater sites. In the past decade, new research projects have been launched to explore selected areas on the Cantabrian shelf and offshore of Gibraltar. This chapter summarises the currently available evidence of submerged prehistoric archaeology and the preliminary results of these new projects.

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Section: Conditions Of Preservation and Discoverymentioning

confidence: 99%

Spain: Underwater Exploration on a Narrow Continental Shelf

Arias

2020

The Archaeology of Europe’s Drowned Landscapes

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Sea-level change, palaeotidal modelling and hominin dispersals: The case of the southern Red Sea

Avdis¹,

Bailey²,

Lambeck³

2022

Quaternary Science Reviews

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Biotic Resistance Against Invasive Macroalgae: The Role of Omnivorous Sparid Fishes in the Herbivory on Caulerpa Cylindracea

Santamaría¹,

Tomàs²,

Ballesteros³

et al. 2021

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Herbivory has long been considered an important component of biotic resistance against macroalgae invasions in marine habitats. However, most of the studies on herbivory of invasive algae refer only to consumption by strictly herbivorous organisms, whereas consumption by omnivorous organisms has been largely ignored and rarely quantified. In this study, we assess whether the commonest omnivorous sparid species in the Mediterranean Sea are consuming the highly invasive alga, Caulerpa cylindracea, and determine its importance in their diet and their electivity towards it as a source of food. Our results confirm that three of the four fish species we studied do, in fact, consume C. cylindracea, but in most cases, the importance of C. cylindracea in the diet was low. Indeed, the low electivity values confirm that all four fish species avoid feeding on the invasive alga and that it is probably consumed accidentally. However, despite animals and detritus being the main food for these sea bream species, several individual specimens were found to have consumed high amounts of C. cylindracea. This suggests a potential role that these fish species may play in controlling, to some extent, the abundance of the invader. We suggest that herbivory by omnivorous fish might complement the higher impact exerted by the strict herbivores, and together, they might contribute to the overall biotic resistance against the invader.

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The Western Mediterranean Sea

Cited by 3 publications

References 125 publications

Spain: Underwater Exploration on a Narrow Continental Shelf

Spain: Underwater Exploration on a Narrow Continental Shelf

Sea-level change, palaeotidal modelling and hominin dispersals: The case of the southern Red Sea

Biotic Resistance Against Invasive Macroalgae: The Role of Omnivorous Sparid Fishes in the Herbivory on Caulerpa Cylindracea

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